School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Guyana

Guyana: School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index was 0.9606 GPI in 2012. ▼ Falling

Latest (2012)
0.9606 GPI
Change on year
up 0.6%
World rank
169th
of 189 countries
All-time high
1.05 GPI
in 1979
All-time low
0.9548 GPI
in 2011
Years of data
29
1977–2012

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Guyana, 1977–2012

00.250.50.7511977199420121977: 1 GPI1978: 1 GPI1979: 1 GPI1980: 1 GPI1981: 1 GPI1982: 1 GPI1983: 1 GPI1985: 1 GPI1986: 1 GPI1987: 1 GPI1988: 1 GPI1991: 1 GPI1992: 1 GPI1993: 0.981 GPI1994: 0.979 GPI1995: 0.984 GPI1996: 0.999 GPI1997: 0.993 GPI1999: 1 GPI2000: 1 GPI2001: 1 GPI2003: 1 GPI2005: 0.996 GPI2007: 0.979 GPI2008: 0.969 GPI2009: 0.974 GPI2010: 0.967 GPI2011: 0.955 GPI2012: 0.961 GPI

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPI.

Analysis

Guyana recorded 0.9606 GPI for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in 2012.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Guyana peaked at 1.05 GPI in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.9548 GPI, in 2011.

That places Guyana 169th out of 189 countries with data for 2012, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.

School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Guyana, year by year

Annual values for School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI) in Guyana, 1977 to 2012.
Year GPI Change
1977 1.03 GPI
1978 1.05 GPI +1.3%
1979 1.05 GPI +0.2%
1980 1.03 GPI -2.2%
1981 1.04 GPI +1.2%
1982 1.03 GPI -0.6%
1983 1.04 GPI +0.9%
1985 1.04 GPI +0.1%
1986 1.05 GPI +0.2%
1987 1 GPI -3.9%
1988 1.01 GPI +0.2%
1991 1.02 GPI +1.0%
1992 1.02 GPI +0.2%
1993 0.9806 GPI -3.7%
1994 0.9786 GPI -0.2%
1995 0.984 GPI +0.6%
1996 0.9986 GPI +1.5%
1997 0.9929 GPI -0.6%
1999 1 GPI +1.2%
2000 1 GPI -0.2%
2001 1 GPI +0.0%
2003 1.02 GPI +1.3%
2005 0.996 GPI -1.9%
2007 0.9794 GPI -1.7%
2008 0.9689 GPI -1.1%
2009 0.9738 GPI +0.5%
2010 0.9672 GPI -0.7%
2011 0.9548 GPI -1.3%
2012 0.9606 GPI +0.6%

Guyana compared with similar countries

  • Guyana's 0.9606 GPI is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.9937 GPI, 97% of the median. (70 countries reporting)
  • Guyana's 0.9606 GPI is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.02 GPI, 94% of the median. (36 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.04 GPI 1.03 GPI 1.05 GPI 3
1980s 1.03 GPI 1 GPI 1.05 GPI 8
1990s 0.9968 GPI 0.9786 GPI 1.02 GPI 8
2000s 0.9913 GPI 0.9689 GPI 1.02 GPI 7
2010s 0.9609 GPI 0.9548 GPI 0.9672 GPI 3

Countries ranked near Guyana

  1. 166 Chad 0.9619 GPI compare
  2. 167 Syria 0.9613 GPI compare
  3. 168 Turkey 0.9607 GPI compare
  4. 170 Australia 0.9565 GPI compare
  5. 171 Guinea 0.9558 GPI compare
  6. 172 United Arab Emirates 0.9518 GPI compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Guyana?
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index in Guyana was 0.9606 GPI in 2012, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Guyana?
The highest recorded value was 1.05 GPI in 1979.
What is the lowest school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index recorded in Guyana?
The lowest recorded value was 0.9548 GPI in 2011.
How does Guyana rank for school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index?
Guyana ranks 169th out of 189 countries with data for 2012.
Is school life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index rising or falling in Guyana?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Guyana data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
School life expectancy, pre-primary, gender parity index (GPI)
Unit
GPI
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
234 places, 7,031 data points, 1970–2020
Last refreshed

Ratio of female school life expectancy to the male school life expectancy. It is calculated by dividing the female value for the indicator by the male value for the indicator. A GPI equal to 1 indicates parity between females and males. In general, a value less than 1 indicates disparity in favor of males and a value greater than 1 indicates disparity in favor of females.